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getfirefox · 2008-09-01, 16:34

Hello everone.

I am running the Aeon skin on my original Microsoft Xbox console on top of the latest TECH build of XBMC.

I have downloaded some of the Backdrop images available from the site and converted them to BMP for use with Aeon on the Xbox.

I have told Aeon where the image are located on my hard drive and it works sort of OK. The only problem I am having is that te images take a very long time to appear and sometimes not at all. I think this is because of the images being to large and the Xbox is having trouble rendering it. If I reduced the physical size of the images thus reducing the file size, would they work better? If so, what size sould I reduce them to for a standard definition widescreen (16:9) TV?

Big thanks.

Gamester17 · 2008-09-01, 16:43

getfirefox Wrote:The only problem I am having is that te images take a very long time to appear and sometimes not at all. I think this is because of the images being to large and the Xbox is having trouble rendering it.

Yes that is probably the case, also checkout "Aeon Lite" http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=35387

getfirefox Wrote:If I reduced the physical size of the images thus reducing the file size, would they work better? If so, what size sould I reduce them to for a standard definition widescreen (16:9) TV?

For standard definition I would try 720x576, (and for high-definition on Xbox try 1280x720).

getfirefox · 2008-09-01, 18:23

Thanks for the response.

Should I try this 'Aeon Lite' modification of the skin or just resize the backdrops to 720x576? The actual Aeon components were working very smoothly.

Gamester17 · 2008-09-01, 20:08

Just resize the images to 720x576 then.

getfirefox · 2008-09-01, 20:09

Gamester17 Wrote:Just resize the images to 720x576 then.

Excellent. Thanks for the help.

getfirefox · 2008-09-03, 22:58

When I resize the images, the aspect ratio changes and the image looks a little different. Is this OK? Or should I preserve the aspect ratio so that my software fills in one of the values (width or height) automatically based on one of the measurements that I have given it?

Gamester17 · 2008-09-04, 16:29

Yes, reserve the aspect ratio, making sure the width is 720 (maybe 720x480 is closer).

rwparris2 · 2008-09-04, 16:57

I use a program called irfanView to batch resize & convert to bmp. You can set it to 480px "on the short side" and will keep the aspect ratio.

Everything loads very quickly & smoothly on my xbox like that.